On behalf of Davis cyclists, I'd like to point out that this is not a typical experience! Many of us make the trip without flatting, and without parts falling off our bikes ;-)
Seriously--glad you made it back in one piece, and I hope you enjoyed the parts of the ride that didn't involve flats and mechanicals. --Eric N Sent from my iPad2 On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Corwin <ernf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ride Report - > > I fastidiously checked the weather forecasts every day up to > Wednesday. Rain was predicted. Looked as though a few brief showers > would hit early Thursday morning around and the taper off to nothing > about 9am. Since I was looking forward to riding the custom, I waited > to leave until the rain died out. Got on the 10:37 train in Richmond, > hung up the bike and relaxed for an hour. > > Got off in Davis, and just started riding without getting sufficiently > oriented. My plan was to head to Winters and possibly climb to > Monticello dam or climb Cantlowe and return via Pleasants Valley. As > it turned out, I headed south under Interstate 80 (thinking I was > heading west under 113). Eventually, I realized I was not getting any > closer to the hills in the west and realized I had gone south. Made a > couple of turns and headed north through Dixon. Had the pleasure of > pedaling through a stiff headwind. Eventually arrived at Russell Blvd > and headed west. > > The stiff headwind provided excellent appreciation of the crosswind I > encountered when I headed west. I arrived in Winters around 2pm - > after a good two hour ride. Found Steady Eddy's quickly, and settled > in to lunch. Got up after lunch and picked up the bike. Riding away, > the front tire seems a little low. Turns out it's flat. Very strange > since I ride only Scwalbe Maarathon Supremes these days. I become > convinced someone is playing a practical joke on me and has let the > air out of my tire. Pump it up once to see if it goes flat again. > Seems pretty soft. Perhaps I didn't really pump it up hard the first > time. Pump it up hard this time. Goes completely flat. Must not be a > prank. I change the tube and put the front wheel back on. Get back on > the bike - now the right pedal feels really squirrely. Get off the > bike and look it over. The pedal body is much further outboard that it > usually is. It comes off. Turns out the spindle is busted. > > Put the pedal body in the bag and start riding back to Davis. Hard to > keep the right foot on the well-greased spindle. Get back to Davis in > well under an hour - but my left knee is starting to hurt - probably > from overcompensating for the right leg that can't seem to stay on the > spindle. Walk around Davis till the Amtrak 4:55 arrives and return to > the East Bay. > > A few photos shot along the way: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/72196207@N07/sets/72157628438901745/ > > > On Dec 7, 2:56 pm, Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> West to Pleasant Valley Road (beautiful road), then across the grade and >> back via Dixon is a nice ride, and not too hard if you want to take it >> easy. >> >> Another option would be to ride East to Sac and take the American River >> bike trail up to Folsom, loop around lake Natoma and then head back on the >> AR trail, but that has a lot of duplication [same trail out and back] and >> is probably closer to 90 miles. >> >> North and South are both ugly and boring IMO... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Corwin <ernf...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi - >> >>> In the interests of getting away, I am planning to take Amtrak to >>> Davis next week. Will arrive in Davis shortly after 8am, and return >>> via Amtrak shortly after 9pm the same day. I have ridden many long and >>> short rides. Notable recent rides are Grizzly Peak Century (metric >>> course) and rides up Mt. Diablo and the Berkeley Hills. >> >>> Looking for scenic rides in the neighborhood of 40 - 80 miles. May >>> include desirable waypoints and/or destinations. If the weather is >>> wet, I will take the Quickbeam (now sporting fenders). If not, I will >>> ride the custom (fenderless). >> >>> I'm comfortable supporting myself with respect to clothing/snacks/ >>> mechanical. That's not to say that I don't appreciate a nice >>> restaurant or cafe along the route every bit as much as anyone else. >> >>> Thanks in advance for your suggestions. >> >>> Corwin >> >>> P.S.: The Amtrak ticket appears to be flexible enough to allow travel >>> anytime between the stated times on the ticket. 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